Prof. Jonathan (יונתן) Ben-Dov is George and Florence Wise Chair of Judaism in Antiquity at the University of Haifa, and senior lecturer of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature. He is co-editor (with Seth Sanders) of the book Ancient Jewish Sciences and the History of Knowledge in Second Temple Literature (ISAW and New York University Press).
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The textual remnants of a Second Temple religious polemic between Judeans and Samaritans about where God’s chosen mountain lies.
The textual remnants of a Second Temple religious polemic between Judeans and Samaritans about where God’s chosen mountain lies.
Several poetic verses in Deuteronomy were used in Second Temple times to support the belief in multiple characters in the divine realm. Thus, the scribes of the early Masoretic text, who opposed this belief, sometimes went so far as to revise or excise these references.
Several poetic verses in Deuteronomy were used in Second Temple times to support the belief in multiple characters in the divine realm. Thus, the scribes of the early Masoretic text, who opposed this belief, sometimes went so far as to revise or excise these references.
A cornerstone of the Jewish luni-solar calendar or a commandment about the order of months?
A cornerstone of the Jewish luni-solar calendar or a commandment about the order of months?
The Torah and Bavli vs. the Prophets and Yerushalmi
The Torah and Bavli vs. the Prophets and Yerushalmi
What makes a material suitable for constructing a sacred space, and why, given all of the details and repetitions concerning the Tabernacle, are none of its manufacturing techniques narrated?
What makes a material suitable for constructing a sacred space, and why, given all of the details and repetitions concerning the Tabernacle, are none of its manufacturing techniques narrated?
